AFRICA MUST BE FREE - 2002-07-02

Africa must be free From the crippling disease of ignorance That has kept us down for so long. Africa must be free From the tyrants and tyrannical leadership That is sentencing us To the inescapable dungeon of poverty. Africa must be free So that Africans at home and abroad Can retain their sense of respect and dignity. Africa must be free From Cape to Cairo And from Monrovia to Nairobi. Africa must be free From the chronic ethnic-centric divisiveness That is tearing apart the African continent. Africa must be free To find a home made solution founded On the solid rock of honest evaluation of our past And a brave new vision for the future Africa must be free From the self-inflicted wounds Of self-destructive wars induced by men Of indecent character with no hearts To feel the suffering and the pain of fellow human beings Africa must be free So that we may have the opportunity To utilize our God-given talents and potential To uplift Africa from its shameful reality of today Africa must be free For Africans at home and abroad To bury the century-old hatred induced by tribal warfare Africa must be free to love and embrace each other Like the soul brothers and sisters they are.